惝恍
chǎng​huǎng

despondent

惝 chǎng, tǎng alarmed

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

heart

尚
尚 Sound component
shàng, shang esteem

Character Evolution

Seal form
Seal Warring States (Chu) 475-221 BC
Regular Modern

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld ChineseGloss
Baxter-SagarttsyhangXtʰaŋʔdespondent; scared

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Baxter-Sagart
Historical images
Academia Sinica

恍 huǎng seemingly

Phonosemantic compound. 忄 represents the meaning and 光 represents the sound. Simplified form of 怳.

Components

忄
忄 Meaning component
xin, xīn heart

忄 is a component form of 心.

光
光 Sound component
guāng light

Historical Pronunciations

Middle ChineseOld Chinese
Zhengzhangkʷaːŋ
qʰʷaːŋʔ
Unicodexuɑ̌ng

Sources

Readings & variants
Unicode
Historical pronunciations
Zhengzhang Shangfang